Sunday, January 31, 2010

Long time no see

Well I was away for some time as you may have seen in my twitter feed I was watching Handball European Championship. Sadly Germany was out after the group phase but the semifinals were fantastic to watch and also I am very happy for Iceland whose team won 3rd place in a great game against Poland.

next up is the FINAL:

FRANCE VS CROATIA!

Who is going to win? I can 't say right now because to be honest both teams are amazing and strong!
But on the note of honesty I really want France to win :)

Allez-les bleus!

I can't promise to post more now because Fasnacht (Karneval in my part of Germany) is right around the corner.

Okay so I hope you are all well

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Snow Storm ahead

Heya the weather man predicts snowstorms and heavy weather for my place tomorrow... maybe i'll have to stay in? It would be beneficial for you.... because then I could really write something for this and it would look like this outside




Well anyways enjoy your evening and if you have a wish ... send it my way

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Catching up or on

Well that certainly is a difference ... :)
Today I am taking really big pride in the fact that I update one of my stories on fanfiction.
Great right? Well I have to shout out to julianafun who really got me going today when I got the email informing me that she added me as a Favourite Author. Thanks girl that really is an honor!

On fanfiction you can find some really great authors over there and one of them is heichen. She is writing for Prison Break and she really has great ideas and her stories are interessting.

On another note I caught up on the latest NCIS and NCIS LA episodes which aired last night.

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The episode had the title Ignition and the victim of the night was a navi pilot who at first apeared to have died in some sort of flight accident. His flying device, which we learn from McGee's tellings is in fact a rocket belt, more commonly known as a Jet pack really exploded after it self ignited. (Caught the title...)
Sounds easy, right? But that wasn't all. Ducky and Palmer find out during the autopsy of a squirel that the pilot has been poisend and so he probably was incapable of flying. After another close look at the fragments of the jet pack McGeek finds that the object was remote controlled (drum roll here). In the end and after a couple of more twists the team catch the real murderer but one person stays in mind. A new nemesis perhaps? She is a lawyer who seems at first just annyoingly well informed. She knows about the teams tactics and also their names.... Yeah strange I know... and in the end Gibbs himself connects her to a General who was let go from a Mexican prison that day.(This little info was presented at the beginning of the episode and up until the end didn't seem conected to the case!) Maybe she is the rumored love interest for Gibbs that was supossed to show up in the second half of the season.


This episode, with the title 'Breach' seemed weird at first. Hatti was totally on edge and seemed to be on a money saving mission. Anyways the case of the night involved a dead crypto guy who saved a stripper from getting run over by a car in a night club. The navy guy got killed. After initially believing the driver meant to kill the officer Cullen finds some sort of surveillance equipement in the strippers home, which by now is in NCIS custody. The team finds out that she is filming her clients so that her boss can later use the material for black mail. The bad guys specifically target people who have much to loose and give up. Cullen goes undercover ...kind of like always and they solve the case. During the investigation we learn a little bit about Sam Hanna's past. He has been serving in Sudan and he killed men over there. One of the men's son he brought to the US and this boy has a key role in solving the case. At the end of the episode the young man leaves the states and appears to go back to Sudan....
Also the Hatti situation gets explained in the end. One of her friends died and she wants to make sure that the team has lived their lifes and don't die doing paperwork and all alone. Kind of sweet :)


Also I caught a preview for a new movie today. It is called Valentines Day. Check out the cast pictures in the heart. Yes this is the movie on which set Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift supossedly fell in love :) Also Jennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper are reunited on the screen.... god ALIAS was a long time ago huh? And all the other great names you can find on this picture...

Ah and this movie opens, who would have thought, in the second week of Febuary. Just in time for ....(drumroll) Valentines Day!




Are you going to see it? I definetly plan to but I am a sucker for romantic movies.
That is also why I am dying to see New York I love you! which opens on 28.January in Germany. So wait until then and I'll tell you my opinion.

Snow and Classical Music

I am kicking of my day with some classical Music. Today's choice Frédéric Chopin. (Music on last.fm (german))

I told you yesterday already that I was planning on watching Handball and I did.



29:30  Germany won! But the game was close til the end. The Austrian could have reached a tie but in the last 10 seconds they threw the ball away.... well good for Germany. The German team was expected to win because lets face it they were World Champions in 2007!


This test game clearly showed that the German team has still some 'learning' to do and according to the interview Heiner Brand (german coach) gave the ORF after the game he knows that but he still is optimistic that they can accomplish something. The group Germany caught for the first round is a tough one. (Click here for an overview of all groups.)

The Austrian equipe has another great opportunity to learn . They are part of a four-nations tournament alongside Poland, Hungary and Croatia. All three teams are really good and many of their players are in the german league....

Last night NCIS and NCIS LA came back from their hiatuses (??) and right now I am waiting for the Episodes to come to me :). I just love that OnlineTVrecorder added these american stations...

In  German Television remarkable last night was an airing of a 2007 documentary about Monsanto. Well to be exact it aired on ARTE which is a german and french co owned station. I haven't seen it in total but I am going to watch it later today. When I find the time I am going to tell you all about it.

Until then enjoy your day

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Oh what to do on a sunny day

Sounds a little like  "To be or Not to be!" I know that but yeah what should I do today?
The options are :
  • finally updating my fanfictions
  • go ice skating
  • stay in and do nothing aka watch TV
Well updating or better say writing for my fictions would be a wise choice since I haven't written anything for them in ages and somehow I managed to get myself some inspiration last night.
After some small problems I found a movie to watch.

Love&Basketball

Well the start was a little weird but one of my favourite quotes is
"Wanna be my girl?" Just picture it two kids with their bikes no idea what being a couple means a the sweet boy asks that. It was jsut too cute. I didn't really know any of the actors except for Omar Epps, who we know as Dr. Eric Foreman on House. BTW I might need to catch up on that show... I kind of stopped watching after they started 'creating the new team'! And from what I heard the show went really downhill from there...

If you have checked out my links you must have noticed that I often use imdb for reference and right now it is safe to say that they often have the most information on upcoming project but also on older ones.

So and now you ask why did that inspire me. It is a good question and it leads to telling you that up until last season I was watching One Tree Hill, now you might now why a basketball movie can inspire me :)! Yeah I know it isn't that big a part in the show anymore but still....

Anyways onto my other options...
Iceskating yeah that would be fun seeing as the weather is actually nice outside. We'll see! I have to be home by 17:55 at the latest because then I have to watch TV! (Yeah I am crazy!) But in a short time the European Championship starts and they broadcast a test match between Germany and Austria. Oh didn't I mention the sport before? I am a huge fan of handball! BTW there is a tournament in NYC right now with some great german players (who aren't in the national team anymore but still brilliant!).
so watching this game is sort of a must.

My third option, staying in well that would give me the chance to read up on a movie that is starting in Germany today.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

This movie intrigues me not only because it was one of the last projects Heath Ledger did but also because of the story. The Castlist besides our dearly departed is also reading like a who is who of Actors. You need examples? 

See for yourselves :


Monday, January 4, 2010

Movies now and ahead

So I was planning to watch The Fantastic Four sequel (Rise of the Silver Surfer) in hopes that I might like it better than the first one, but after reading the reviews on RottenTomatoes.com my expectation were a little low. And then my DVR threw in another wrench ... okay I admit it must have been my fault. I recorded it in spanish.... Why would I do that? So I couldn't watch it. My spanish isn't enough for movies... sorry guys :)o

So and then I started to watch Freaky Friday and OMG why did I like that movie again??? I am not so sure but the same goes for Cinderella Story I used to love that movie ... well I guess taste improves in time :)[BTW cookies for the one who can tell me what links before mentioned movies!]. But I still love 10 things I hate about you and Cruel Intentions (THE ORIGINAL not the stupid sequals) and Legally Blonde is gold too (both movies in that case)! Thought I throw that out there...
If I can't find a movie maybe I'll just rewatch a couple of FRIENDS episodes.
Chandler dumping Janice is something I love! See for yourselves :


On another note I have a new movie on my must watch list!

Wanna take a wild guess? 

Here a few clues....
  1. a rabbit who is always late 
  2. a crazy hatter
  3. a chesire cat 
and the Queen of Hearts

Where am I? YES in Wonderland , (thank god my name isn't Alice :))


Oh and if you didn't know it already the mad hatter is Johnny Depp!
But his name isn't the only one you should recognize on the cast list.
Tim Burton not only got Depp again (according to imdb's trivia page it is the 7th time they work together) no he also enlisted Helena Bonham Carter again (6th project together). Some might remember her from Sweeney Todd other may know her as Bellatrix the crazy witch from the Harry Potter series...but I am wandering off topic.

Other great names from the cast list include:


Yes I admit it it kinda looks like a HP reunion party :)[it could also be a Sweeney Todd reunion] but I am planning on watching it non the less.

Do you have movie recommendations or wishes on reviews?

Sunday, January 3, 2010

New Year -- New Header

So I decided to make a new header ...
Yeah I guess it isn't that much different but I had to at least try out my new picture programm...

Last year a friend of mine convinced me to do 'customer research' of sorts and now I am member at a page called TRND and I am testing a WC scentener.

It is fun, really!

Today the weather is great and maybe I'll go out for a walk and then I can show you how wonderful our lake is even in the winter :).

I also forgot to mention that I went to see Avatar in 3D! It was weird because of the funny glasses but the movie is awesome! I can recommend it. I am wondering why  a critic on RottenTomatoes.com said it is the Star Wars of our time! I mean yes it is a different planet and all but I felt it was more like Stargate meets Hitler's Regime...

Anyways have a great day and maybe stalk me on twitter...

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy New Year!

We are just now finishing our second day in 2010 and all people are posting New Year Resolutions.
One of the most surprising I read about today was Lindsay Lohans. She wants to stay away from bad people and habits! Don't we all :).

I am a TV fanatic and in the cold times of the year that habit is much worse. So I have to admit that I am also following Michael Ausiello on twitter. And most of the times he has some intersting scoop on pretty much every show I watch :).

One of the most important things to know is his cheat sheet. You can always rely on this to find out when your fav come back from break.

BTW for all you Germans out there I know that your DVR's aren't that powerful but I found one that is pretty much all I could ask for. OnlineTVrecoder is free of charge and includes all the german channels you can possibly think of and since a few weeks they include some US Stations (including ABC, CBS and NBC!).... Otherwise you may wanna check out eztv.it.

Well I am enjoying my last days of vacation now and I hope you do too.